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Richard Edwards is in the pocket. He's been there for several albums now 2017's Lemon Cotton Candy Sunset, 2020's The Soft Ache & the Moon, and 2022's Ghost Electricity/Vampire Draw. Just as the Margot records defined his twenties, this InchBeach BumInch era, as he calls it, may well define his thirties. That era is expanded in Two Sad Little Islands Drift Together, Two Lonely Little Monkeys Find A Tree Rare and Unreleased 2015-2023.Beginning with Lemon Cotton Candy Sunset, Richard has been steering his ongoing body of work toward capturing a feeling of being at sea. Life can find us at sea in any number of ways-in a marriage or partnership, or in longing for one; in parenting, and it's ceaseless wonders and worries; in bodies and minds that confound understanding (whether just our own, or also that of professionals); in our rotting world, which we've fucked up beyond all repair. InchWhat does that sound like, though?Inch you may ask. Like Mike Bloom's cascading fingerpicking in InchLil Dead Eye-d (b.),Inch or the tranquilizing combination of Dave Palmer's piano and Perla Batalla's multi-tracked vocals on InchLove (b.)Inch Like the L.A. based Section Quartet on InchTrue Love Waits,Inch or the triumphantly stoned Velvet Ocean jam-session that is InchJane Greer With A Gun.Inch Like Richard's use of melody and imagery on InchPink Lightning (b.)Inch and lead single InchBenzedrine,Inch where he is masterfully accompanied by Erin Rae (on the former) and Maria Taylor (on the latter).Unlike Richard's past archival releases which have often featured home demo recordings, everything on Two Sad Little Islands has been produced in-studio. With this 3-LP vinyl set, Richard presents just over two hours of material that once again makes his case as one of the Inchmost underrated songwriter[s] of our timeInch (LA Review of Books).1. Benzedrine 03 48 video2. Pink Lightning - b. 04 0
